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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

February 11, 20226 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at Feb 11, 2022, 2:56 AM CST for 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Feb 11, 2022, 5:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2022, 2:56 AM CST (08:56 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2022, 5:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 11, 2022, 11:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2022-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2022-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1002 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
102 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1002 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

654 
WWUS73 KMPX 110856
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
256 AM CST Fri Feb 11 2022

MNZ047-054>056-064-073-111700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0004.220211T1100Z-220211T1700Z/
Stevens-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Yellow Medicine-Redwood-
Including the cities of Morris, Madison, Benson, Montevideo, 
Granite Falls, and Redwood Falls
256 AM CST Fri Feb 11 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Stevens, Lac Qui Parle, Swift, Chippewa, Yellow 
  Medicine and Redwood Counties.

* WHEN...Until 11 AM CST this morning.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 1:29 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryMPXBenton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Douglas and 21 more20 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.